Australian Indoor Tennis Championships
# Australian Indoor Tennis Championships

The Australian Indoor Tennis Championship, also known as the Australian Indoor Championship, the Australian Indoor Open and the Sydney Indoor for short, was a professional men's tennis tournament was played in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was an initiative from John Newcombe and was part of an expanding Asian-Australian fall Grand Prix circuit. The event was played under various names as part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1973 through 1989 and as part of the ATP Tour from 1990 through 1994. It was played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion on the Sydney Showground through 1982 and at the Sydney Entertainment Centre beginning in 1983. The tournament was cancelled in June 1994 on financial grounds with tournament director and co-founder Graham Lovett citing insufficient television coverage and the difficulty of signing top players as the main reasons.

## History

From 1975 to 1989 the event was sponsored by the Custom Credit and Swan Premium.

## Records

* Most singles titles: John McEnroe 4
* Most consecutive singles titles: John McEnroe 4 (1980–1983)
* Most singles finals: Ivan Lendl 5

## Finals

### Singles

| Year | Tournament name | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1973 | Australian Indoor Championships | Rod Laver | John Newcombe | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1974 | Australian Indoor Championships | John Newcombe | Cliff Richey | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1975 | Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Tournament | Stan Smith | Robert Lutz | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 1976 | Custom Credit Indoors | Geoff Masters | James Delaney | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 1977 | Custom Credit Australian Indoors | Jimmy Connors | Ken Rosewall | 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1978 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | Jimmy Connors | Geoff Masters | 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1979 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor | Vitas Gerulaitis | Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6 |
| 1980 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | John McEnroe | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1981 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor | John McEnroe | Roscoe Tanner | 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1982 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | John McEnroe | Gene Mayer | 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1983 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | John McEnroe | Henri Leconte | 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1984 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | Anders Järryd | Ivan Lendl | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1985 | Custom Credit Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Ivan Lendl | Henri Leconte | 6–4, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1986 | Swan Premium Open | Boris Becker | Ivan Lendl | 3–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1987 | Swan Premium Sydney Indoor | Ivan Lendl | Pat Cash | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1988 | Swan Premium Open | Slobodan Živojinović | Richard Matuszewski | 7–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1989 | Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Ivan Lendl | Lars-Anders Wahlgren | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1990 | Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Boris Becker | Stefan Edberg | 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1991 | Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Stefan Edberg | Brad Gilbert | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1992 | Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Goran Ivanišević | Stefan Edberg | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1993 | Ansett Australian Indoor Tennis Championships | Jaime Yzaga | Petr Korda | 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 1994 | Australian Indoor Tennis Championship | Richard Krajicek | Boris Becker | $7–6^{(7–5)},$ $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 2–6, 6–3 |

### Doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1973 | Rod Laver John Newcombe | Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 1974 | Ross Case Geoff Masters | John Newcombe Tony Roche | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1975 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | Ross Case Geoff Masters | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1976 | Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie | Syd Ball Kim Warwick | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1977 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | Ross Case Geoff Masters | 6–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1978 | John Newcombe Tony Roche | Mark Edmondson John Marks | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1979 | Rod Frawley Francisco González | Vijay Amritraj Pat DuPré | W/O |
| 1980 | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | Tim Gullikson Johan Kriek | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1981 | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan | 6–7, 7–6, 6–1 |
| 1982 | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | Steve Denton Mark Edmondson | 6–3, 7–6 |
| 1983 | Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart | John McEnroe Peter Rennert | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1984 | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1985 | John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1986 | Boris Becker John Fitzgerald | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1987 | Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann | Boris Becker Robert Seguso | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1988 | Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald | Marty Davis Brad Drewett | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1989 | David Pate Scott Warner | Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann | 6–3, 6–7, 7–5 |
| 1990 | Broderick Dyke Peter Lundgren | Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1991 | Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg | Luke Jensen Laurie Warder | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1992 | Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark | Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1993 | Patrick McEnroe Richey Reneberg | Alexander Mronz Lars Rehmann | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1994 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | Byron Black Jonathan Stark | 6–4, 7–6 |
